Small Business

Billionaire technology investor and philanthropist Robert F. Smith announces he will provide grants to wipe out the student debt of the entire 2019 graduating class at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Sunday, May 19, 2019. Steve Schaefer | Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP Nearly 400 young men at Morehouse College learned on Sunday that their commencement speaker

Analysts say Amazon is poised to disrupt the $934.8 billion dollar global pharmaceutical industry. PillPack Nimble Pharmacy was among a crop of emerging companies, backed by venture capitalists, aiming to deliver prescription drugs from their own pharmacies to consumers’ homes or offices. Then Amazon bought online pharmacy PillPack in 2018, and Nimble needed to find

Howard Adler Kurt S. Adler In the escalating trade war between the U.S. and China, who pays? In a word, my family does. We are leading importers of Christmas decorations and have been in business since 1946. President Donald Trump‘s imposition of a 10% tariff last September on many categories of products we offer has

Facing both the tightest labor market and the highest interest rates in years, small business owners often face a tough trade-off: whether to emphasize hiring and retaining employees or focus on other aspects of running their businesses. In most cases, according to the latest CNBC/SurveyMonkey Small Business Survey, larger small businesses want to get bigger

Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill April 11, 2018. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Facebook shares have whipsawed in the past year, falling from close to $220 last summer to a low around $125 in early 2019 before climbing back to near-$190.

Small business confidence ticked up and remains at a high level, according to the latest CNBC|SurveyMonkey Small Business Survey for the second quarter. The CNBC|Survey Monkey Small Business Confidence Index reading of 59 (up from 58 in the first quarter 2019) indicates that small business owners are optimistic about the direction of their business over

Venture capital flow into Florida companies is rising. Some of the factors driving the trend are the rise in immigration and the shift to more gig-oriented work. Scott B. Smith Photography | Getty Images Miami has vaulted to the No. 1 spot for starting a small business in the U.S., according to Biz2Credit’s annual rankings

If you are trying to save money, it helps to have a goal. Whether it is for retirement, starting a business or paying for an education, Americans are putting money aside — but many aren’t saving enough, and some, not at all. In fact, 21% of working Americans aren’t saving anything, according to a recent

Skyscrapers under construction in London. Oli Scarff | Getty Images New research from British insolvency firm Begbies Traynor revealed that 484,000 U.K. businesses are in “significant financial distress,” which is 14% of all the economically active firms in the country. The “Red Flag Alert” data also showed that the number of firms in “critical” distress,

The Supreme Court has become the latest flash point for LGBTQ politics, agreeing to hear a case about Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and workplace discrimination. But at the local level, Texas is the current showdown state for LGBTQ rights. Bill 17, recently passed by the Texas State Senate, sounds innocuous,

NatWest has launched biometric payment approval technology for business and commercial customers. In an announcement Tuesday, the bank said the system enabled its customers to make payments, via an app, using Apple’s Face ID or Touch ID. Once a customer registers a device, they set up and give approval for a payment using biometric authentication.

Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday that the American dream was “dying until President Donald Trump was inaugurated” in 2017. “Was the American dream in trouble? You bet,” Pence said in an interview with CNBC’s Joe Kernan on “Squawk Box” Thursday morning. “I really do believe that’s why the American people chose a president whose

Women-owned businesses continue to be a growth engine for the U.S. economy, and recent data shows their access to capital is an indicator of the phenomenon. The number of women-owned businesses that applied for funding in 2018 increased by 13 percent, according to an annual study of women-owned companies by Biz2Credit, a leading online credit

IN THE CAR WHERE Paula Hanson lives, often parked outside a local sheriff’s station in Lancaster, California, her phone wouldn’t stop ringing. Hanson tried to explain to the employees at Discover Bank all that had happened to her. First, she had been laid off from her job, and then her father fell ill and she

Across the country there are more drivers on the road, and many of them hanging on to their vehicles longer than ever. That means workers like Michael Gerhart are in demand. Gerhart, a master auto technician at Pep Boys, has been fixing cars for nearly three decades, keeping on top of his skills as technology

At PetersenDean, the solar business is simply booming. The home improvement company offers both roofing and solar installations, and is seeing an increase in demand for solar panels thanks in large part to a mandate in California where it’s based. The state requires newly built homes to include solar power as a feature. The rule

All flights in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport were halted Saturday morning after an aircraft made an emergency landing. An Air Transat flight from Montreal to Fort Lauderdale diverted to Newark because of a possible fire in the cargo hold, the Federal Aviation Administration told NBC News. The plane is currently on the

European stocks are set to open slightly higher Friday morning, after U.K. lawmakers voted to delay a potentially chaotic exit from the European Union for at least three months. The FTSE 100 is seen 10 points higher at 7,195, the CAC is expected to open little changed from the previous session at 5,350, while the